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in FDAC :: In chess, a queen can move as far as she pleases, horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. A chess board has 8 rows and 8 columns. The standard 8 by 8 Queen's problem asks how to place 8 queens on an ordinary chess board so that none of them can hit any other in one move.

"8 Queens" is a Delphi application hosting a chess board to try for yourself and a button that will give you the possible solutions.

This is the second entry to the Fancy Delphi Application Contest

Read the full article to find more about (+ download source code) 8 Queen's on a ChessBoard

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January 22, 2008 at 3:34 pm
(1) Don R :

Line 150 should read:
ListBox1.ItemIndex >= 0

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